WE, THE PEOPLE OF
INDIA, having solemnly resolved to
constitute India into a SOVEREIGN
SOCIALIST SECULAR DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC
and to secure to all its citizens:
JUSTICE, social, economic and
political;
LIBERTY of thought, expression,
belief, faith and worship;
EQUALITY of status and of
opportunity;
and to promote among them all
FRATERNITY assuring the dignity
of the individual and the unity and
integrity of the Nation;
IN OUR CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY
this twenty-sixth day of November,
1949, do HEREBY ADOPT, ENACT AND
GIVE TO OURSELVES THIS CONSTITUTION.
Purpose of Having a Preamble:
The Preamble to our Constitution
serves two purposes: -
A) It indicates the source from which
the Constitution derives its
authority;
B) It also states the objects, which
the Constitution seeks to establish
and promote.
The Preamble seeks to establish what Mahatma
Gandhi described as The India of
my Dreams, "…an India in which
the poorest shall feel that it is
their country in whose making they
have an effective voice; …an India
in which all communities shall leave I
perfect harmony. There can be no room
in such an India for the curse of
untouchability or the curse of
Intoxicating drinks and drugs. Woman
will enjoy as the same rights as
man."
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